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Pariah

Cast

Adepero Oduye, Pernell Walker, Aasha Davis, Kim Wayans View All

Crew

Dee Rees (Director), Dee Rees (Writer) View All

Release: Dec. 27th, 2011

Runtime: 1 hour, 26 minutes

A Brooklyn teenager juggles conflicting identities and risks friendship, heartbreak, and family in a desperate search for sexual expression.

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PHOENIX74
For me personally, this was an introduction to Dees Rees and (a film I had not known about until now) Pariah, which was her debut feature (Dees Rees went on to be the first African-American women nominated for an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for her 2017 film Mudbound.) Another major bl....

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Takoma11
There are distinct sections of the neighborhood, and yet there are overlaps: Arthur investigates crimes in the area where Li goes to a gay bar; Lis friend makes a delivery to a local liquor store where some of Arthurs friends hang out.